Written and directed by Barry Jenkins, this is an exquisite movie. From the first scenes of visual storytelling, you feel the hand of a master at work. The romantic drama slowly and purposefully builds using minimalist dialogue and intensely intimate camera work. Private, personal melancholy (a broken romance) is deftly interlaced with historic issues of blackness/slavery and contemporary issues of San Francisco housing problems. Each issue, on its own, would be enough to elicit melancholy. For our main character Micah, sexual tension and anger rest only a scratch beneath actor Wyatt Cenac's beatific grin and loveable sense of humor.
The acting is sophisticated and satisfying. Brilliant camera work and unusual colored lenses also make this a movie I'll want to watch again. Bravo. -dp
This description from the web:
"Fate (and alcohol) brings two people together in this independent romantic comedy-drama. Joanne (Tracey Heggins) and Micah (Wyatt Cenac) wake up together one morning after a drunken one-night stand, the result of attending a late-night party at the home of a mutual friend. It becomes clear they don't know each other very well and after sharing breakfast, Joanne isn't interested in getting to know Micah any better."
